Toledo State Hospital

aka Toledo Asylum

Toledo, Ohio

Established: 1888
Architect: Edward O. Fallis
Style: Flemish/Baroque

The Toledo Asylum was built on the cottage plan. The
architect, Edward O. Fallis, was one of Toledo's most
prominent architects. The "detached wards"
(32 in number)
included larger hospitals for the seriously ill and
separate buildings for moderately disturbed patients. The buildings
shared a 150 acre complex with lakes (lagoons), a chapel, an auditorium,
a greenhouse, and other service buildings. The original construction cost
was $664,880, and the Asylum had room for more than a thousand
patients.

The original buildings and the lakes and lagoons were destroyed in the
1970s. An unrelated concert venue now bears the name Toledo Asylum.